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Focal dipped their toes in the headphone pool a few years back and earned rave reviews. Now these world-renowned speaker experts have decided it's time to dive headfirst into the deep end. The Focal Utopia open-back headphones employ the same spare-no-expense approach to design, engineering, and execution that made Utopia such a prestigious name in the worlds of home and car speakers.

Focal brought the Utopia headphones to Crutchfield for a listening event — they sounded spacious, effortless, and incrediby nuanced.

High-performance headphones live up to their lofty name

Focal dipped their toes in the headphone pool a few years back and earned rave reviews. Now these world-renowned speaker experts have decided it's time to dive headfirst into the deep end. The Focal Utopia open-back headphones employ the same spare-no-expense approach to design, engineering, and execution that made Utopia such a prestigious name in the worlds of home and car speakers.

Our special listening session here at Crutchfield

Focal stopped by Crutchfield HQ with a sample of the Focal Utopias (and their sibling, the Elear headphones). We were wowed by the strikingly realistic sound. I can't throw enough superlatives at them.

These headphones were clear and detailed in ways I've never heard. Home A/V editor Jim Richardson pointed out that “Limelight” by Rush — a song we've all heard countless times — has so much more going on in the low-end than we ever realized. You could pick out each instrument like the band was playing right in front of you.

Fine materials and state-of-the art design

"Knowing Focal, there's beryllium under the hood," said our longtime home speaker buyer Tim, while discussing these headphones. He was right. Focal uses beryllium in their Utopia loudspeakers, and includes the precious material here to help emulate the sound of those high-end drivers. Beryllium is much lighter and stiffer than titanium or aluminum, so it can move more smoothly and efficiently.

Praise from InnerFidelity's headphone expert Tyll Hertsens

I'm not surprised in the least that these cans were four years in the making. Focal has largely redefined...or better said, refined anew, what it means to be a high-end headphone. A technological tour de force... Astonishing!”

For the 40mm drivers in the Utopia headphones, Focal formed beryllium foil domes into a unique "M" shape. This patent-pending design allows the drivers to perform with rigid agility. You get incredible sound that spreads across a wide frequency range, even beyond human hearing — all without any built-in crossover. The drivers are suspended in large, open-air chambers to cut down on resonance and create an extremely tight and lifelike stage for your music.

Sturdy, comfortable fit adds to the experience

Focal's Utopia speakers are prized as much for their one-of-a-kind looks as their stunning sound. I'd say these headphones follow suit. The carbon-fiber headband yoke blends smoothly and symmetrically with the strong open-back earcups and mesh grilles. Both the 'cups and headband slide on seamlessly. They're also both padded with 0.8-inch thick memory foam and lined with beautiful, breathable Pittards leather — the same classic material found in quality handbags and fashion accessories. (Dare I say these headphones fit like a glove?)

This solid build dampens vibrations for better sound. It also helps ensure that you'll enjoy the Focal Utopia for years to come. They arrive magnet-sealed in a padded solid storage case that befits a pair of luxury headphones. Inside you'll also find an extra-long oxygen-free copper cable with a Neutrik® stereo 1/4" jack on one end and two shielded, lock-in-place headphone connectors on the other end.

Average Review:

Its quality is amazing i thought it was ridiculous to pay that much for headphones, but for the quality they are amazing but other than that it is the BEST headphones ive ever purchased. They are sure to last me until i pass away!

Product Research

Features

Overview: The Focal Utopia reference over-ear headphones are
the result of innovation, development, and manufacturing of high-end speakers
and drivers. These audiophile headphones are designed and manufactured in
France, and feature the only full-range, near-field loudspeakers built within a pair of
headphones. The Utopia comes with a 13.1-foot cable, and a rigid carrying case
with a magnetic closure.

Drivers: The Utopia features large 40mm full-range
"M"-shaped dome drivers made of pure Beryllium. Beryllium is 3 times more rigid
than Titanium, and 5 times that of Aluminum, while having only 40% of the
density of Titanium, and 70% of the density of Aluminum. This combination of low
mass, high rigidity, and high damping factor makes Beryllium an ideal material
for a speaker driver.

Open Headphone Design: Focal decided that the best way to
deliver all of the Utopia's performance was to utilize a fully open headphone
design for total decompression of the loudspeakers. The open design provides the lowest possible acoustic impedance to
reproducing accurate and detailed bass frequencies, and gives you an extremely
natural listening experience.

Ear Cups: The circum-aural ear cups feature 20mm thick
memory foam cushions, covered by a bi-material
construction made with true lambskin leather and perforated microfiber fabric.
This combo provides a balance between a lively room with lots of reverb and a
"damp" room with no reflections. The result is a flat frequency response in the
upper mid and high frequencies between 1 kHz and 10 kHz.

Cable: The included 13.1' (4-meter) high fidelity cable features 24 AWG conductors with OFC
(oxygen-free copper) shielding and an extremely low impedance (<90 mΩ).
The 2-sided cable features shielded 9.5mm Lemo connectors with a self-locking
bayonet system to plug into the ear cups. The end of the cable has a standard
1/4" plug.

Specifications:

Frequency Response: 5Hz - 50kHz

Impedance: 80 ohms

Sensitivity: 104dB SPL / 1 mW @ 1kHz

THD: <0.2% / 1 kHz / 100dB SPL

Ear Cup Dimensions: 3.597" W, 4.122" H, 2.268" D

Weight: 17.3 ounces (without cable), 24.8 ounces (with
cable)

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